Chinese symbol for “navy”
海军
hǎi jūn
Traditional: 海軍
navy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for navy is 海军 (hǎi jūn), defined as: navy.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “navy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水师 (水師) | shuǐ shī | navy (in Qing times) |
| 水军 (水軍) | shuǐ jūn | (archaic) navy; person employed to post messages on the Internet (abbr. for 网络水军 (Wǎng luò shuǐ jūn)) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 海军.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海外 | hǎi wài | overseas; abroad |
| 海洋 | hǎi yáng | ocean |
| 海上 | hǎi shàng | maritime |
| 沿海 | yán hǎi | coastal |
| 海岸 | hǎi àn | coastal; seacoast |
| 军队 (軍隊) | jūn duì | armed forces; troops; measure word: 支 (zhī) |
| 军事 (軍事) | jūn shì | military affairs; (attributive) military |
| 冠军 (冠軍) | guàn jūn | champion |
See also: Japanese symbol for “navy”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.